Questions

Questions: Review before Test... Friday May 9th!!
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1. What is Jay Gatsby's real name? 2. Why was Dan Cody so important to Gatsby? 3. How did Gatsby attain his money? 4. "Old money", "hulking", "aggressive," "confrontational," "infidel," and racist all describe who? 5. Who is Gatsby is killed by? 6. When does Myrtle Wilson meet a tragic end? 7. What is Nick Carraway's overarching moral attribute? 8. Gatsby lives in West Egg, the less fashionable of the Eggs. Why? 9. What is Jordan Baker's job? 10. The Valley of Ashes contains a billboard with who's eyes, and who does Fitzgerald intend the eyes represent? 11. In what year is the novel set? 12. Where were Nick and Tom educated? 13. What is Nick's home state? 14. What is Gatsby's home state? 15. Where is the Valley of Ashes? 16. How are Daisy and Nick related? 17. Why does Gatsby throw his weekly parties? 18. What made Daisy weep while she was at Gatsby's house? 19. Why does Klipspringer call? 20. What flower does Daisy compare Nick to? 21. What division were Gatsby and Nick in during World War One? 22. What IS the green light? (literally AND figuratively) 23. Who is Henry C. Gatz? What is his purpose in the novel? 24. What is so great about Gatsby? 25. Who was responsible for the black sox scandal of 1919? 26. What does the clock that Gatsby knocks over represent/mean? 27. Why didn't Wolfshiem attend Gatsby's funeral? What is his opinion on death?